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Friday, February 11, 2011

Little Victories

So yesterday I bought a new pair of shoes. That doesn't sound like a big deal until you realize I wore the last ones down till they had holes in both soles and had worn the heels half off. I have to fit my AFO's down into whatever shoes I wear, so they tend to just get left in them and I put them and the shoe on at the same time in the morning. And since that means I have about three sixteenths of an inch of hard plastic between my half numb foot and the shoe, I'm not really aware of what's going on with the shoe itself. But after finally breaking down and replacing them, I have found I actually walk better. So that's one small victory.

I also bought a couple of pair of blue jeans that fit me. I usually go through life in cargo shorts, with sweat pants added when it gets cold. During this last icy cold snap, I came to the conclusion it might not hurt to actually own a pair of pants. It seemed like just the thing as I was standing out on the porch yesterday morning so I could see Rowan's bus coming.

"Pants," I thought to myself as my knees were turning blue. "Pants would be nice."

So when I take the car in this morning for it's oil change, it will be done in the comfort of pants. And that will be one more item off my checklist of things that I have been meaning to get around to but not doing. I'm sure my car will love me for it.

And who knows, if that goes well I might try doing other things in pants. The sky is the limit!

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D. Nathan Hilliard lives in Spring, Texas with his veterinarian wife, two children, and two cats. He draws his inspiration from a childhood living in different small Texas towns, accented by teen years spent in western New Mexico. He has experienced life through a diverse collection of jobs ranging from meter reading and being an assistant manager at a convenience store, to working at cotton gins, window factories, and uranium mills. After coming down with Charcot Marie Tooth (CMT) at the turn of the century, Mr. Hilliard now happily settles for tending house, raising his kids, and exploring the field of writing.